Small Treasures from the Thirft Store

10/7/13

The autumn chill has finally reached St Louis and with it, it brought a scratchy throat and defective noses for the kids and I.

Luckily, I have a lovely knitting project to work on and Netflix just updated with a bunch of new shows and movies. Before I curl up for the day, I wanted to share some recently thrifted treasures- a 1950s silk scarf, Lucite bangle and bouquet of knitting needles.

Excellent *makes C. Montgomery Burns voice while touching fingertips together*. I was at the flea market, yesterday, and a lady had a whole grip of old hat pins - the really long ones. She was telling some people (in an oddly soft and cheerful voice), "You know, they stopped making hatpins this long during *insert whatever turn-of-the-century decade it was* because women were murdering their husbands." Then she just smiled. I cackled. Nobody else thought it was weird.

i always get so excited when netflix updates with new movies, it means i can work on projects while i watch them! also, i love st charles! i went there last summer and it's such a cute town. missouri is so great!

What a great little array of treasures! I haven't had much luck at all on the thrift store front this year, but have collected a few small, wonderful little vintage accessories (gloves and brooches, mostly) here and there, too, so the year isn't a bust on that front thankfully.

Wow, I never know one person could own so many knitting needles. I guess the different sizes give you a different outcome? Can you tell I've never successfully knitted before? I tried one and made a mess of it. I'll stick to buying my knitwear. LOL

You guessed it! Needle size determines the size of the finished product and the gauge of the knitting. I often go up a needle size or two to increase the size of whatever I'm knitting. I also found this awesome clock that you can make with random knitting needles, which I've been wanting to do for ages! A lot of these needles didn't have a match so I think they'll be perfect! http://makezine.com/craft/how-to_knitting_needle_mid-cen/

That certainly is a bouquet of needles! They would look lovely stored in a mason jar. What good luck at finding such lovely colours. The ones I normally find at thrift stores are always grey and not nearly as attractive.